Coke-rapper Troy Ave will drop his BSB Volume 2 mixtape this coming Wednesday. “Bad Bitches,” featuring Smoke DZA & Young Lito, is a pretty potent gram from that upcoming brick.  This joint sounds like it was designed for the stripclubs but it’ll bang on the block too.  I gotta give it to Troy Ave, the […]

How could you not like Necro? The man is entertaining as hell and has the autonomy to create whatever the fuck he wants, no matter how sick or depraved.  I’ve followed Necro’s career ever since I saw him and his brother Ill Bill perform at a rinky-dink club in the East Village, pre-fame.  Even back […]

To hell with that phony, bastardized version of the Harlem Shake… “twerking” is the dance craze that has the streets on lock. If you don’t know what twerking is, you probably go to bed at 8pm and yell at kids to “get off your lawn.” In brief, twerking is a provocative dance where young ladies […]

Looks like our government is using the paranoia created by the Boston Marathon bombings to settle old scores, just like they did with 9/11. Former Black Panther, Black Liberation Army member (and Tupac’s step-aunt) Assata Shakur was added to the FBI Most Wanted list on Thursday, making her the first woman to receive this dubious […]

Killah Priest’s latest album, The Psychic World of Walter Reed, sits comfortably in a stratosphere above Commercial Rap Hell.  The beats on PWOWR are ill and the lyrics, per usual, are of the finest craftsmanship.  He’s got quite a few videos in support of this highly-recommended album but my favorite is the one for “Ein […]

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Frank The Butcher will be launching his BAU apparel brand this Summer. To celebrate, The Butcher and his production partner Paul Mighty will be dropping a project called All Is Fair, featuring a slew of known spitters like Roc Marciano, Chase, N Cashe, Ill Bill, Planet Asia, Joe Scudda, Termanology, Krondon, Realm Reality, Maffew Ragazino, Meyhem Lauren, Curt@!n$ & more. […]

After collaborating on songs and touring together, El-P & Killer Mike have teamed up to form a duo called Run The Jewels.  “Get It” is the appetizer for their upcoming full-length main course.  The two emcees have strikingly different rhyme styles but mesh well together over a hard-ass beat.  This joint has me forward to […]

Two days later, 4/20 continues.  Here’s another weed song… this one comes courtesy of Styles P (LOX).  It’s called “I Need Weed” and it’s from Styles’ new album Float, entirely produced by Scram Jones.  Float is Styles P’s first project with High Times Records and features appearances from Jadakiss, N.O.R.E., Sheek Louch, Raekwon and more.  […]

Rapper/producer Arewhy of Brotherhood 603 has a new mixtape out called Warlock Unleashed. It features guest appearances by fellow Brotherhood member Thanos and Sincere Amakulate of GP Pot Heads.  It also boasts a guest appearance from Wu-Tang’s Cappadonna on a joint called “For The Kids.”  Brotherhood 603 always comes through with killer beats & bars, […]

“A shadow shall fall over the universe, and evil will grow in its path, and death will come from the skies.” -Heavy Metal (1981) Sometimes, I wish I was blissfully ignorant like the rest of the herd, devouring celebrity gossip and waiting on new Nikes like the second coming of Jesus.  Then I wouldn’t pay […]